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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature B.A.
Sample Plan: Cultural Studies Emphasis
Total Credits: 120.0
The sample plan below shows you one of several possible ways to complete this degree. Your academic plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements, if you have multiple course options to choose from in your major, or if courses don't fit your schedule in a given term. Use Graduation Planner to make your customized plan, and work with your academic adviser to ensure that you are on track to graduate on time.
Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
CSCL 1202W - Media: Word, Image, Sound : 4.0 cr : AH, TS, WI
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 17.0 cr
SCMC 1201W - Cinema : 4.0 cr : AH, WI
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
CSCL 3251 - Popular Music and Mass Culture : 3.0 cr : AH
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
CSCL 3210 - Cinema and Ideology : 4.0 cr : AH
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
CSCL 3351W - The Body and the Politics of Representation : 3.0 cr : HIS, WI
CSCL 3425W - Critical Theory and Social Change : 3.0 cr : AH, DSJ, WI
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
CSCL 3211 - Global and Transnational Cinemas : 4.0 cr : GP
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
CSCL 5666 - Film Music: Theory, History, Practice : 4.0 cr
This CSCL 5xxx could count as the senior project requirement, consult your adviser for final consent
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
CSCL 5305 - Vision and Visuality: An Intellectual History : 3.0 cr
This CSCL 3xxx or 5xxx could count as the senior project, consult your adviser for final consent
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr